Man dies after being shot by police in Hollywood near Walk of Fame

A man who police say was carrying a knife has died after being shot by law enforcers in Hollywood, Los Angeles. He was taken to hospital but, did not recover from his injuries. A witness who took a video of the incident says the man was unarmed.

Police say they were responding to a report of an assault with a
deadly weapon on Friday night. On arrival they were met with an
“armed man,” CBS Los Angeles reported. According to
Detective Meghan Aguilar, the man was carrying a knife.

“When he saw the officers, he approached them and an officer
involved shooting occurred,” ABC News reported Aguilar as
saying.

A witness speaking to Eyewitness News that she heard officers
with guns drawn yelling, "He's still got a knife."

The suspect was critically injured and taken to hospital but
later died from his injuries, a Los Angeles Police Department
spokesman said.

Police say they found a combination knife, similar to a
Swiss Army Knife, at the scene.

One woman said a man ran
into a McDonald's shouting that police shot his friend, who
sometimes "liked to wave a knife to scare tourists," NBC Los
Angeles reports.

But Jordan White, who witnessed the incident and even shot a
short video following the shooting, said on Twitter that the man
was not armed. Police shot him at least ten times, White added on
Facebook.

“Police just shot a man in the head 10 times for no reason
right in front of me,” he said.

One local resident, Neil
Barnett said, “I heard like five shots go off and then all of
a sudden I saw police run across and they’re pointing a gun at
this guy that’s lying on the ground."

A number of tourists staying at a nearby hostel were stunned by
what they saw.

“We heard a couple of gun shots … and we ran to the window
and we just saw the cops standing there aiming their guns [at]
the guy,” said tourist Hanna Forspend, which was reported by
KTLA.

Garner, a father of six, who suffered from asthma, lost
consciousness and reportedly went into cardiac arrest. He was
declared dead at a nearby hospital.

In response to the protest that followed the jury’s decision,
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city
was working on improving police-community relations and called on
demonstrators to vent their anger peacefully.

However, his words have not been heeded. Protesters in New York and other cities
rallied for a third night on Friday denouncing the use of deadly
force by police against minorities.

The turnout was much smaller, though, partly due to the rain and
the cold, though nearly 100 people, including local civic
leaders, huddled under umbrellas near the site of Garner's death
for a candlelight vigil on Staten Island.

The decision sparing Pantaleo from prosecution was announced nine
days after a Missouri grand jury chose not to indict a white
policeman for the shooting death in August of an unarmed black
teenager in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. The decision
sparked two nights of arson and unrest there.